Wednesday, December 26, 2012

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with people they love. I wish there was more peace and joy in the world. Real happiness that comes from within.

Here are some cards I did over the holidays. They were requests from a friend at work. She asked for bigger cards that my usual so these are 5 x 7

The die of the lamp is by Sizzix. The background is also a Sizzix embossing folder. My friend Maria got it earlier this holiday season and share some die cuts but I was able to get my own at JoAnn's in the clearance area. I printing the words using the Stampin Up digital program, My Design Studio.

The paper came from a pad, I love the nontraditional colors. I got the pad after Christmas last year and haven't seen it again. I think I got it at JoAnns. The stamp of a poinsettia is by Stampin Up.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

I organized a service project at my office for the locale Veteran's Home. We did 55 Cards and they have hundreds of signatures. They are great ideas for simple cards. Some are the maker's first time at making a card. Here are a few of my favorites:

This card was hand drawn by Brent Chase. He borrowed someone's hairspray to seal it. Isn't it wonderful?!

The words on this were die cuts I got long ago from a friend on JustCards.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

This was an easy project. I had cut out lots of different colors so people could pick something to match their kitchens. You write the menu with a dry erase maker. I cut out the days of the week with my Cricut.

This was the most popular project at Midnight Madness this year. I saw something like it on Pinterest but them developed my own thing because nothing had directions and most were restricted to Stampin Up supplies.

This is a 8 1/2 by 11 frame. The red paper is Cherry Cobbler from Stampin Up. The rest is just papers I found. The paper behind the "I" is a plain paper with the red design stamped.

Background paper is 81/2 by 11

Black squares are 2 1/2 by 2 1/2

patterned paper squares are 2 1/4 by 2 1/4

The letters were cut with the Classic Font Cricut cartridge.

The little vines are separate from the letters and done with the pieces from an EK vine border punch

The bird and butterflies are done with Stampin Up products. Punch for the bird and embosslet for the butterflies.

Other shapes are dies by Spellbinders.

The "Together Forever" stamp is Stampin Up

I cut out most of the pieces for 53 of these. CRAZY!! I cut everything but the vines and bird punch for 53!! Well, I think everyone loved it which is really nice. Sadly, I will probably have to cut one more for my daughter for Christmas.

The woman's organization at my church has a special meeting once of year. We have dinner and a bunch of crafts. It runs from 6 to midnight and is a bit of madness. This year we also had a presentation on preparedness since 60 homes were lost in a fire here this year. I was in charge of a lot of the activities. I did the sample for most of the crafts and was in charge of almost all the paper crafts. Here are the wood crafts I did samples of and my friend Maria took charge of cutting wood and helping people that night.

I got this idea from Pinterest. Here is the BLOG She did not give sizes.. I did it at six and seven inches with the heads of Mary and Joseph being 1 1/2 inch balls. Baby Jesus was 1 inch. I used a brown wash on Joseph and blue was on Mary.

This was also a project from Pinterest. Here is the BLOG. I added more feathers than the original. The feathers are Jumbo craft sticks covered with scrapbook paper. The square is a 3 1/2 in square of 2 by 4. The head is the end of a paint stick for a 5 gal paint container. The beak and waddle are paper and the eyes were done with black paint and a Q-tip. The base paint was brown.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

The pattern called for a 3/4 inch circle punch for the feathers but I couldn't find one so I used a 1 inch. I like it with the one inch circles and won't look for the smaller punch. I also learned that the owl looks better with the eyes a little lower. See the light blue one, it looks better. with the lower eyes.
Here are some close ups.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

This type of pop up is a 7 flower pop up. If you look it up on google, you will find lots of different ones. I did buy this one from http://www.craftsuprint.com/ It is called Floral Splendour. I designed my own front of the card.

The stamps are from Stampin Up. I colored the flower with a Copic marker. I inked the edges with Distress Ink.

And inside!

Isn't it amazing?!? How does that fit inside a card! Here is another view and a close up of the words. The words are a Stampin Up stamp as well.

I wish you could have all been at class and play with us. It was so much fun making pop up cards.

About Me

I am a mom of 4 with four grandchildren. I work full-time in the insurance industry. I am active in my church and love crafting. Card making is a passion for me but I love to do other things as well. I love to learn and teach.